The interrogation work in Xin'an and the Northeast has been progressing in an orderly manner. Zhou Qi stopped hiding anything and told everyone he knew, like spilling beans.
“I was bewitched. When I saw that she had money, I hid her identity. Although I have received a lot of money from her over the years, I dare not spend it and keep it all in my hometown and at home.”
Comrade, I was blinded by greed and helped her conceal her identity, but I haven't done anything to harm the country's interests over the years. You can investigate.
Zhou Qi was not unaware that concealing Chen Hongxia's murder and capitalist identity was a serious crime. He had even considered stepping forward to protect his youngest son, but it was only at this critical moment that he realized he was truly afraid of death.
"Did you not use your position to arrange things for her or target others? Or steal state secrets?"
Zhou Qi hurriedly shook his head. All these years, besides asking her for money, what else had he done for her?
"Comrade, she killed Chen Hongxia just to have a legal identity to stay in the country and avoid arousing suspicion."
She has stayed hidden in China all these years, never daring to reveal herself in the slightest; she couldn't possibly be a spy.
At this point, he didn't want to have any relationship with Chen Hongxia or protect her, but if the charge of espionage against her was proven, he wouldn't be able to escape either.
"What happened with the Chen family?"
Zhou Qi paused and immediately fell silent.
“You were the one who handled the Chen family’s affairs back then, and you were the one who found those letters, but we only now realize that Chen Hongxia is the real Lin family member.”
Those letters were sent by people from abroad who were trying to contact Chen Hongxia, and they ended up in her hands.
However, it later fell into Zhou Qi's hands and became a major piece of evidence used to accuse the Chen family.
"I...I...I..."
Zhou Qi's interrogation is still ongoing. He still seems unable to accept reality or is hiding something, intending to sever ties with Chen Hongxia.
The Bai Xiangdong father and son, who cannot sever ties with each other, have been living a lifeless life lately.
Bai Jiahe revealed everything he knew, hoping the organization would give him a chance to correct his mistakes.
"I didn't know she was a capitalist or a spy before. If I had known, I would have reported her."
Comrades, you must believe me. I've been an advanced and active member of the Party since my school days, and I would never collude with capitalist parasites.
But no matter how he explained, he and Chen Hongxia were, after all, biological mother and son, and the interrogators did not believe him.
"Let me out of here! I don't know anything! I have nothing to do with her! She lied to me!"
Bai Xiangdong was acting like a madman in the interrogation room, yelling and screaming. The wound on his head had not been bandaged, and coupled with his recent agitation, he started scratching open the scabbed wounds.
Soon it was covered in blood again.
“I didn’t kill Chen Hongxia, she did it all by herself, why are you locking me up? Release me.”
She wanted to come with me, and I didn't lie to her!
Bai Xiangdong was extremely irritable, and the interrogation was making no progress whatsoever with him.
Sometimes he forgets what he's saying while he's talking, and his words become incoherent.
Since admitting that she killed Chen Hongxia and revealing the location where the body was buried, Lin Yingyu has remained silent.
"Are you a member of the Lin family? What messages have you been sending abroad over the years? And through what channels?"
She and Bai Xiangdong were two extremes. Bai Xiangdong was irritable, while she remained silent, sitting there quietly, almost shrinking into the darkness.
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